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Your Technology Roadmap Is Already Wrong
Feb 16, 2026
Your Technology Roadmap Is Already Wrong

Your 18-month technology roadmap assumes certainty that doesn't exist. Plan for capabilities instead of tools, and build plans that survive reality.

Decision Velocity
Nov 17, 2025
Decision Velocity

High-trust organizations decide in 3 days. Low-trust ones take 4 weeks. Like F1 pit stops, consistency and speed determine who wins markets.

Your Developers Aren't Slow. Your Decisions Are.
Oct 1, 2025
Your Developers Aren't Slow. Your Decisions Are.

That 'just ship it fast' decision created a $100K maintenance headache. Your developers aren't slow — they're paying interest on your shortcuts.

Echo Chambers
Sep 17, 2025
Echo Chambers

Your LinkedIn feed isn't market intelligence — it's curated noise. How social media echo chambers distort executive decision-making.

The Three Questions That Separate AI Success from $2.3M Failures
Aug 29, 2025
The Three Questions That Separate AI Success from $2.3M Failures

$2.3M spent, and nobody used the platform. Three strategic questions — skipped by most leaders — separate AI success from expensive experimentation.

The Simplification Problem
Jun 17, 2025
The Simplification Problem

An AI architect posted 'Naive RAG sucks' with no explanation. When experts stop explaining trade-offs, leaders make million-dollar decisions on opinions.

The Hidden Cost of Fuzzy Decisions
Jun 11, 2025
The Hidden Cost of Fuzzy Decisions

One fuzzy C-suite decision spawned 17 meetings and 43 emails in six weeks. Here's how unclear decisions create a hidden 'meeting tax' on your organization.

The AI Trap: When Outputs Overshadow Outcomes
Feb 6, 2025
The AI Trap: When Outputs Overshadow Outcomes

Everyone's impressed by what AI can produce. But flashy outputs aren't business outcomes — and confusing the two is an expensive trap.

Trust but Verify: The Need for Critical Thinking with AI
Jan 8, 2025
Trust but Verify: The Need for Critical Thinking with AI

AI's real value comes from rigorous verification, not blind trust. Critical thinking and validation separate useful AI from expensive mistakes.

Leading in the Age of AI: What Every CxO Needs to Know
Jan 1, 2025
Leading in the Age of AI: What Every CxO Needs to Know

AI leadership isn't about becoming a tech expert — it's about adaptability, vision, and ethical responsibility. A practical guide for CxOs.

AI's Knowledge - Wisdom Gap
Jan 1, 2025
AI's Knowledge - Wisdom Gap

AI has vast knowledge but zero wisdom. Here's why that gap matters and why human judgment, context, and experience remain irreplaceable.

Machine Learning Unleashed: Transforming Business Data into Actionable Insights
Jan 1, 2025
Machine Learning Unleashed: Transforming Business Data into Actionable Insights

Drowning in data but starving for insights? A no-nonsense guide to machine learning techniques that turn business data into better decisions.

From Data Scientist to Business Leader: Growing Beyond Code
Jan 1, 2025
From Data Scientist to Business Leader: Growing Beyond Code

Brilliant technical work gets ignored because it's presented wrong. Here's how data scientists bridge the gap to business leadership.

Critical Thinking and AI
Jan 1, 2025
Critical Thinking and AI

People are blindly trusting AI outputs without questioning them. Here's how to maintain critical thinking while leveraging AI effectively.

Technology Decision Paralysis
Jan 1, 2025
Technology Decision Paralysis

The cost of indecision exceeds the cost of imperfect action. Technology decision paralysis drains productivity, morale, and competitive position.

Building a Data-First Culture: Beyond Data Collection
Jan 1, 2025
Building a Data-First Culture: Beyond Data Collection

Most companies hoard data without using it. Building a data-first culture means connecting data to decisions — here's how to make the shift.

EB
Nov 19, 2009
Do it or Don't....just stop talking about it

I've got a few pet peeves.  Linear Thinking is one of them.  Another one is talking about doing something but never doing it. I'm not talking about 'not

EB
Oct 29, 2009
Decision Speed, Performance and the CIO

Last week I wrote about "Turbulence, IT & The New CIO" and discussed the need to embrace agility and speed in order to address the turbulence that we

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